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He wrote "Help 2016 catch these hands if it goes anywhere near Betty White! If she's okay with it I will fly to where ever Betty White is and keep her safe till Jan. 1, 2017.”

Demetrios said he started watching the Golden Girls with his grandmother who, he said, was always in charge of the television. He also added that he may or may not have every seen every episode.

His goal was to raise $2,000.

"The number $2,000 was arbitrary. I literally jotted it out over a five-minute break," he said.

As of Wednesday afternoon, he had raised $2,680.

"It changes so quickly. At this point, I can't even keep track of it,” he said.

Hrysikos said he is donating the money to the Spartanburg Little Theater, which is a local youth theater company.

"I come here (Spartanburg Little Theater) all of the time, so I just thought that was a really worthy place for it to go to,” Demetrios said. “The events that happen here are great. The people who perform in them are great. They get so much joy out of it."

Demetrios said he is a little shocked by all the places the story is showing up.

"I find out I'm on USA Today and CNN is trying to get a hold of my friends and 700 Facebook notifications,” Demetrios said.

The executive artistic director of the Spartanburg Little Theatre, Jay Coffman, said he found out about the GoFundMe account on Facebook.

"I thought it was hilarious, number one, and the more I thought about it, I just thought that it was incredibly generous and heartwarming at the end of this year, which has been such a troublesome year for a lot of people,” Coffman said. "It really does speak to the kind of city we are, life each other up and we care for each other."